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Research methods
This spring term has been spine-cracking difficult, not just because of the workload but because of what it’s transforming in me – a requirement of fulfilling what has been assigned: Read the following ten books by next week; comment and engage in discussion online re same; define a research question and complete a lit review […]
Coming to
I’m in my socks on a quiet street in the old section of town, pulling goutweed out of the garden. It’s early on an idyllic spring morning, full of bees and growth, flowers and a gentle cool breeze. A starling, harsh and insistent, comments on my weeding. I explain that in the ecosystem of my tiny […]
Colour Pages #4: Red like Joan
I hold Red in my mind and thoughts rise like bubbles. They’re not what I expect. This decision is rooted in fear. I’m stuck in Repeat. I’m bored. Confined. categorized, manipulated, abused, constricted, driven, exhausted, worried, overstressed, coping. Aren’t we all to some extent. And isn’t this an essential part of the story. Then another thought rises (after […]
Vivaldi at August’s end
Summer grows into Autumn. In two weeks I play cello for these, and for Gloria and the Oboe Concerto in F (more info here); it’s good to have such a soundtrack to live and work by. Thank you, Vivaldi, for composing this music 300 years ago. I listen to II mvt of the Oboe concerto as […]
Topographical lines
It strikes me as I look out at all the curves of white that this winter has changed the shape of us here. In places where two months ago I walked on level ground, there are dense mounds of tiny ice crystals waist-high, knee high, shoulder high. Rooftops end in curves, trees and traffic signs […]